a house party goes birthday in north arlington, one dead, police investigating. details coming up on news 4. a busy president's day holiday weekend for the commander in chief, big decisions he's expected to make in the coming days. a busy day for everybody because everybody was out and about, but could we continue with spring-like temperatures were bring the coats back out. the ten-day forecast is coming up. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. a party in a quiet arlington county neighborhood ends in murder. good evening. thank you for joining us. the deadly shooting

residents rattled. police need help solving this crime. the loud party that was held at this house on north 29th street was unusual for the neighborhood. >> extremely quiet neighborhood, really family oriented, really, really quiet. >> reporter: what was more unusual is what broke the silence here in the early morning hours. >> just prior to 3:30 a.m. officers in the area heard sounds of shots. >> reporter: police responded to a noise complaint at the party and went back for something much more serious. >> found a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound, transported to the hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased. >> reporter: the victim was not a resident of the home as late morning turns into afternoon, they collected more evidence, more than two dozen markers show the breath of leads, cigarette

friends standing by. >> as a result of a dispute at the house party, no larger threat to the community. >> reporter: still worrisome for those who call this neighborhood home. >> just really out of character for the neighborhood. >> reporter: in north arlington, news 4. meanwhile, the police arrested a woman for murder after finding the victim unconscious in a closet. it made the discovery friday at a home on 21st street on northeast. 63-year-old walter clark was in the close et. he had been beaten and later died at the hospital. 76-year-old thomas dean bennett is charged with first degree murder according to the police report. bennett told officers she hit clark with a bat. meanwhile, it's a working holiday weekend for president trump. he's spending today interviewing candidates to be the new national security adviser. mr. trump met with his health and budget chief, and a

sure to be another busy week with a new executive order expected in the next few days. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> reporter: president trump in florida interviewing at least four candidates for national security adviser to replace general mike flynn including acting adviser keith kellogg, robert, the supersben dant of west point, and mcmaster, and john bolten. >> we'll fight hatred with love. >> reporter: as more pro-muslim rallies are held, there's a new executive order to reactivate the travel ban from mostly muslim countries and new concerns over proposed guidelines for deporting undocumented immigrants. draft memos call for speeding up deportation hearings and prosecuting parents who pay smugglers to get their children in. >> if these memos go forward or if they do not, their intent is to creae

communities across the country. >> reporter: the white house says it's raised objections to some of those directives and nothing's been finalized. >> when the media lies to people, i will never, ever let them get away with it. >> reporter: at a rally in florida saturday, the president, again, blasted the press. >> what we've been through over the last ten days has been unbelievable. the leaks, the fake stories, the anonymous accusations, that stuff is bad. >> reporter: but the white house says mr. trump believes in the first amendment. the president is expected to sign his new travel ban executive order in the next few days, one the white house believes will hold up in court. in washington, jennifer johnson, news 4. a close call in the district this morning. maybe a good reminder it's important to have a technician check your heating systems every year. a carbon mo oxide leak sent two children and their parents to the hospital early this morning. according to

lives in an apartment on 51st street in northeast. firefighters say the leak came from the water heater. the d.c. police need help finding two young girls, both missing from neighborhoods in northeast. this is 16-year-old talisha coles, seen thursday morning, missing from maryland avenue near 10th street in northeast, and this is tori marie gibson, seen last on 6th and buchanan street. she's just 11, has braces with blue bands. if you see either of the girls, please, call d.c. police. my goodness, what a beautiful day it was once again. if you didn't get out to enjoy today, you're going to like this next ten-day forecast that we have for you. temperatures out there right now, i mean, my goodness, i'm out here, february 19th, short sleeved shirt on, and, you know,

65 in lorton, and 69, a little cooler, but, again, we're not going to be too cool tonight, fairly mild with clear skies, a breeze, and temperatures in the 40s overnight, but nothing going on in the storm team 4 radar right now. could we see something as we get into the next ten day? we have a few dips in the temperatures, but then we rebound so we'll show you this temperature trend coming up on the ten-day forecast in just about 15 minutes. erika? >> see you then. meanwhile, a federal election commissioner said the agency she works for is broken and is quitting. commissioner anne rave sent the letter of resignation to president trump effective march 1st and gave us a copy as well. the fec is to investigate campaign finance violation complaints, but back in september, the iteam showed it takes an average of 22 months for the commissioners to decide if they'll investigate. the

party lines resulting in a deadlock. her resignation letter, she said that campaign finance system should promote citizen engagement and participation in the political process. she then urged president trump to prioritize campaign finance reform. next on news 4 at 6:00, a technical issue. today, the company has a lot more luck. this next story has a lot of you talking on social media. sweden challenges president trump on comments he made at a

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lift off of the falcon nine to the space station. >> with that 5500 pounds of equipment on its way to the international space station. the spacex rocket launched into cloudy skies over florida this morning. it went off from the same launch pad built for the apollo craft that sent astronauts to the moon. yesterday, they had to scrub a launch. it's all over social media today, the confusion over donald trump's reference to sweden while he was speaking about terrorist attacks overseas. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden, sweden, who would believe this? sweden, they took in large

numbers that are having problems like never thought possible. >> president trump made remarks while his initial travel burn and tweeted it was a reference he says to a fox news report that aired friday on the impacts of immigration in sweden. the swedishç embassy in washington contacted the state department today asking for clarification. all right. if you were outside today, you know the weather was picture-perfect. how long do we get picture perfect? lauren's coming back with the answer. >> reporter: this house in clarksburg destroyed by fire early this morning. coming up, why a

we are recognizing a police officer in montgomery county tonight for bravery. news 4 introduces us to the man who help save two families from a growing fire. >> reporter: the flames broke out at this home on persimmon ridge road in clarksburg at 2:30 in the morning. montgomery county police officer john warp was the first one here. the family, where the fire started, was already out. he alerted the residents of the homes on either side. they escaped safely. >> disbelief. you know, here's a police officer knocking at the door at 2:30 in the morning saying your neighbor's house is in fire, you're in danger, get

a lot of disbelief, especially across the street when they saw what was going on. >> reporter: this resident says she, her husband, and brother were asleep when the officer knocked. you can see the heat melted the siding of neighbors' homes and credits the officer with potentially saving lives. >> i said thank you. great job. much appreciated. i think these guys saved lives, especially the house next door. >> reporter: a montgomery county fire spokesman says the fire was caused by improperly burning materials on the deck or porch. the family just moved in a few weeks ago. neighbors are already collecting money and other donations to help them. they have two school-aged children. >> we're just trying to help them with clothing and toys for the kids. one of the sad things was there was a little girl's birthday a few weeks ago, so she was sad she lost all her biry

problems than that. >> reporter: news 4. meanwhile, switching gears, how would you spend an unexpected million dollars? well, we learned a maryland convenience store sold a power ball ticket worth that. the store will get a bonus for selling the ticket. nobody's come forward to claim the prize. the ticket matched everything but the power ball. nobody got all five numbers and the power ball in last night's drawing meaning the jackpot goes up to $403 million for the next drawing on wednesday. good luck. check those tickets. look at this, clear blue skies, gorgeous weather. picture perfect views today, thousands of people are expected to head to george washington's virginia estate this president's day weekend, wednesday would have been wednesday's 285th birthday. some celebrating early taking pictures with reenactors in historical

washington's tomb, patriotic music and performances as well. and now your storm team 4 forecast. so nice out there today. i know a lot of people are probably still out enjoying it. you know, this is going to continue. if you didn't get a chance to enjoy today, you are going to have a good portion of the week where you can get out and about. mild weather continuing, and then we'll have a few clouds return on tuesday. maybe a few light showers lapt tuesday night into early wednesday. temperatures will be in the 50s, but then we are right back up into the 60s and 70s by the end of the next week. no snow in sight just yet. climate prediction center has us warm until early mar. about a 90% chance we're fairly warm. through march, we'll cool county a little bit. maybe snow lovers, hold on to that one fighting chance. all right. current temperatures are 67. no snow with these temperatures.

valley. temperatures in the 40s overnight, clear skies, a enthat settles down, fairly mild out and about this evening, hopefully the restaurants prepared with those outdoor tables because a lot of people looked for those today as well as tomorrow. no rain, no cloud cover, we are just dry and clear here, and that's how it's going to be tomorrow morning. you'll wake up to another beautiful morning: again, mild. average daytime high now should be 48 degrees. we'll be at 48 at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, warming there, temperatures at 60 degrees, some in the upper 50s and 60s, one side or the other of the 60 degree mark, but plenty of sun, no wind. a beautiful day for your president's day. we have a lot of festivities going on. mount

gorgeous. temperatures at 60 degrees throughout the afternoon. so parades just perfection. a lot of people getting a start on that yard work. people were out there today. if you want to continue to do that yard work tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. it's just another great day to get out and about. here's your little dip. tuesday, heading back to work, plenty of clouds in place, temperatures mid-50s, a few sprinkles possible tuesday night into arterial wednesday, but that's it. we'll be right back up, 68 wednesday. 71 on thursday, more clouds roll in on friday, temperatures are going to be in the 60s. looks like temperatures fall with a cold front on saturday. could have some showers in the morning. it will turn breezy, and temperatures fall sunday only into the 50s, back in the 60s beginning of the next workweek. no snow just yet. >> so you're saying there's a chance? >> there's a chance, a little one. >> all right. thank you. spring is here.

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excapitals in a funk. >> they are, played two games since the bye week, and a midweek off in the middle of the season sounds like a great idea. 82 games, two months of playoffs, a long season. teams seem to be having a hard time bouncing back. heading into today's game, teams off the bye week are 3-12-4. the cavs one of the teams who lost, so, today, struggles continued on the road against the rangers. the spotlight on t.j. and the boys in madison square garden. first period, phillip in the net for the caps, but ryan follows the rebound in and firing it high, glove side for 1-0 rangers lead. check out this skill, though, through the legs for the shot, 1-0 new york. second period, power play, and when that happens, bottom of the screen, just doesn't miss. 27th goal of the year

game at one. in the third, chris feeds matt off his skate and up the stick and in, and rangers win 2-1. next up for washington, a visit to philadelphia on wednesday. maryland has fond memories of the cole centers they knocked down the game winning buzzer beater. with only one road loss this season, they felt confident for a top spot in the conference. former wisconsin badger and super bowl champion patriots running back white in the house with nelson there. first half, though, maryland on the run, the nice moves, gets the bucket and terps take a 4-point lead. later in the half, more mellow from three. buries it. maryland up six at the half. second half, though, different story. badgers taking over. spin move coming here off the glass and in and the foul. 20

trying to put the terps on their back, knocked down a megathree. game high 23 points, but nothing else going maryland's way. four point game, hayes spotted up, and 11th ranked wisconsin beat maryland. >> omaha, nebraska, creighton hosted john thompson, first half, georgetown down four, on the break, steps up, he hits the jumper. 16 points for him. down two. now second half, too much market fostered, ninth pass in on the wing, knocking down the trade, and cia fon just cruising. later georgetown has at ball. blue jays forced the turnover fasting to foster, huge slam, and georgetown falls to christon 87-70. to the a-10, george washington

on the road visiting duquesne. up 7, off the turnover, colonials on the break. throwing down the two handed slam. 14 points in the game, gw up nine. later in the half, here comes duke. kicks out to mike louis, the second he drives, gets that floater in, 22 points for him. do you think's down five. there's a few plays later, three point game, jordan closes the door, knocking down the trade. gw goes on to win 77-70. well, last time we saw the nats, they exited the post season in a loss to the dodgers, but now it's almost spring with flowers and hope blooming all over again. we report from west palm beach from a new beginning to a new season. >> reporter: not the stress level of the opening day, but full squad workouts of the washington nationals, and you can tell the heat is on. a year of high expectations. nothing new for the

bryce harper, 15 pounds heavier, strong and lean as ever. and a disappointing e to 2016 only fuelling the fire for this season. >> right now, a lot of people think you have the team, the tools, have world series as goal. >> oh, yeah. >> that's the message? full squad? what did you say to them? >> i can't tell you everything, but, you know -- >> maybe something no one else knows -- >> yeah, i did say that, hey, you know, we're in a position to win. we got a lot of competition. we got a lot of depth. you know, we come here to, you know, to win. we're not going to take any prisoners. we want to do this thing in consecutive years and then three, and four, and on dine the line. that's what i'm spoiled by. by, you know, success of trending up. you know, the day comes i leave the organization, then, you know, i want the organization to be in better shape than when i got

carol already has a sunburn, but, also -- >> oh, boy. >> i know, get the sunscreen, but coming up on "sports time," more on harper's barbed-wire wrapped bat. that's a tongue twister. be sure to stick around. >> sounds good. thank you very much. thank you for joining us tonight. that about wraps it up for us, but we'll see you again tonight at news 4 at 11:00. until then, good night, everybody.

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